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From: Indego Thorn
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 03:29

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The problem with OS/2 wasn't who supported it, but how the marketed (didn't
market) it against Win3.1 and later Win95


"Alfred Schwarz" <skylines@GMX.at> wrote in message
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> Hello choxen1,
>
> > Anyone remember OS/2 which was backed by a huge corporation, IBM, and is
> > now a foot note in PC history.
>
> If IBM would switch to Linux, would that be a good or bad sign for Linux?
;)
>
> Fredl.
>

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